Select Board, December 19, 2019

The town published minutes (text) and an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.

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Present: Chair (chair); Phyllis (staff, as addressed). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 2:13Approve the common victualler license for KCM Donuts d/b/a Dunkin Donuts at 400 Electric Ave as presentedpassed (aye, none opposed)
2. ▶ 3:59Renew the four common victualler licensespassed unanimously
3. ▶ 5:02Renew the two restaurant all-alcohol licenses for Bad Larry's and Donnelly's Tavernpassed (aye, none opposed)
4. ▶ 6:29Renew the automatic amusement device licenses for Donnelly's Tavern and Bad Larry'spassed (aye, none opposed)
5. ▶ 7:20Renew the jukebox licenses for Donnelly's Tavern and Bad Larry'spassed (aye, none opposed)
6. ▶ 8:24Renew the weekday entertainment licenses for Bad Larry's and Donnelly's Tavernpassed (aye, none opposed)
7. ▶ 11:46Send a letter to Simon-Pure that it cannot operate after January 1 and must reapply for licenses before the boardpassed (aye, no opposed heard)

And 1 procedural: adjourn (▶ 14:56).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 5 agree, 1 caption error resolved by the official reading, 3 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a full record.

1. differsAlcohol license renewals (all-alcohol restaurant licenses for Bad Larry's and Donnelly's Tavern)▶ 5:02

   recording Renew the two restaurant all-alcohol licenses for Bad Larry's and Donnelly's Tavern — passed (aye, none opposed)

   town’s minutes —

   Our minutes record a separate vote on the all-alcohol licenses; the official minutes show no such vote (only common victualler, miscellaneous, and weekday entertainment). Check the recording and the official minutes for whether this vote was taken or folded into another motion.

2. differsAutomatic amusement and jukebox licenses (two separate votes in ours; one 'miscellaneous' motion in official)▶ 6:29

   recording Renew the automatic amusement device licenses for Donnelly's Tavern and Bad Larry's — passed; Renew the jukebox licenses for Donnelly's Tavern and Bad Larry's — passed

   town’s minutes “motion: d. mcquaid to approve the miscellaneous licenses as presented 2nd: p. luck vote: all in favor”

   Same licenses, but we record two votes and the official minutes one combined miscellaneous vote; also the board's jukebox discussion may mean the recording shows differing handling. Check how many motions were made.

3. differsAttendees

   recording Chair (chair); Phyllis (staff, as addressed)

   town’s minutes “members present: tom alonzo, chairman; phyllis luck, vice chairman; damon mcquaid, clerk;”

   Ours lists Phyllis as staff while official lists her as Vice Chairman, a board member; official also names five members present and Town Manager Heather Lemieux absent. Check roles.

Compared 2026-11-04. Neither record is treated as the referee: a caption error is the same fact heard badly; a difference is for a person to check at the timestamp.

The money

1. ▶ 9:51Payroll warrant

   The board noted a payroll warrant and a larger payroll warrant, with the town running on reduced staff.

   as heard:a hundred and seventy dollarseight hundred eighty eight thousand one hundred and ninety 8.31

2. ▶ 8:24Jukebox license fee

   A member questioned charging a fee for jukebox licenses and said it would be raised in the new year.

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 8:03Board will revisit the jukebox license requirement and fee at a meeting early in the new year.
• ▶ 12:30Next meeting set for the first Tuesday in January; the board will also schedule an open forum after the town manager presents her budget and five-year plan.

Documents and exhibits

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

• town departments10 min · 59%
• legal2 min · 12%
• budget2 min · 11%
• personnel1 min · 9%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:00Common victualler license for Dunkin Donuts at 400 Electric Avevoted · 2:34 long · town departments
2. ▶ 2:54Common victualler renewalsvoted · 1:48 long · town departments
3. ▶ 4:42Alcohol license renewalsvoted · 1:47 long · town departments
4. ▶ 5:43Amusement device and jukebox licensesvoted · 2:41 long · town departments
5. ▶ 8:24Weekday entertainment licensesvoted · 0:43 long · town departments
6. ▶ 9:07Minutes and payroll warrantsinformational · 1:29 long · personnel
7. ▶ 10:36Simon-Pure license non-renewal lettervoted · 1:54 long · legal
8. ▶ 12:30Upcoming meetings and budget foruminformational · 1:46 long · budget
9. ▶ 14:16Public comment, holiday wishes, adjournmentadjourned · 1:27 long

What the captions could not carry

• Whether any members were absent or who each speaker was is not identifiable from the captions.
• The adjournment vote result is not stated in the captions.
• The exact date of the next meeting was uncertain in the captions.

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